Remarks by Steven D. Losner
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“So thank you. So quickly, tell us about Havana Nights that you're involved in. What is that raising money for? What's the purpose?”
“Early cocktails. Early cocktails. 5 o'clock somewhere.”
“Do we have any crowd estimates yet? Did we do any geofencing or anything? No? Okay. Just curious.”
“Thank you, and given the lateness of the hour, there is nothing of mine that can't wait until a later date, so I'll entertain a motion to adjourn, and I heard that in the second. All in favor, aye. Thank you all, and good night. Meeting adjourned.”
“Well, good evening, everyone, and welcome. I'd like to call the City of Homestead Council presentation meeting to order. We have just one presentation this evening initiated by Councilwoman Avila. Floor is yours, Councilwoman.”
“That concludes the presentation ceremonies for this evening. Wait just a few moments, we will shift the record keeping and move into the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting. Again, congratulations to our officer and his family and everyone who supports him and what he does for us each and every day. Ready? Okay. All right. I'll give these guys a couple of seconds to get out. Okay, good evening, everyone. I'd like to call to order the City of Homestead Community Redevelopment Agency meeting. Today is June 2nd, 2026, and it is now 5.15 p.m. Madam Clerk, if you could call the roll, please.”
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“Very good. So vice chair, this is your district. I'll afford you the opportunity for first and last questions and comments.”
“Okay, thank you, Vice Chair. Who would like to go next? Board Member Avila.”
“City Council Chambers, board member goski.”
“Anyone else? Member Roth? Member Fletcher?”
“Which by necessity would include our commitment to provide that capital funding. Yes. Well, capital improvements not to exceed $175,000 that we would do. We would procure and we would do. Not handing money to anyone.”
“I would think it would take that long to bat an agreement back and forth. Unfortunately, that's just the world we live in, but our target can be the meeting for July 7th. Does that work? Okay. And the question was potentially not any World Cup activities, and while the proposers indicated to me that would have been really nice, it's not crucial to this.”
“All right, so do we have a motion to support? Yes, Councilman? Okay. All right, so moved by Board Member Canabal, seconded by Board Member Konski. Let me ask if there's any public comment on this item.”
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“Very good, thank you. Council, any further CRA business that you would like, or board, any CRA business that you would like to touch on this evening? Board Member Avila?”
“Thank you. So, Board Member Avila, in that regard, is this the DeForest Street and Chrome Avenue area, Parcel, you're referring to?”
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“That answers the question. There seems to be this drive toward giving this third-party property owner access across city property with no basis in law or fact. I want to be real clear that if we go down the road of acquiring that parcel for parking or whatever it may be, that implicit in that, I would certainly not support any grant of access or right of way that would infringe upon the ability to maximize the use of that parcel by the CRA for public use.”
“All right. Anything further for the CRA? All right. Hearing none, I'll ask for a motion to adjourn the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting. Okay. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?”
“So as soon as the clerk signals that their office is ready to go with the recording of this meeting, we will open the regular council meeting. Very good. All right. Again, good evening and welcome everyone. I'd like to call the city of Homestead regular city council meeting to order. Today is Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026, and it is now 546 p.m. The invocation this evening will be given by Pastor Alfonso O'Brien of St. John Missionary Baptist Church of Howard, with a Pledge of Allegiance led by Vice Mayor Bailey and the Homestead Police Explorers. Could you all rise, please?”
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